Four Sri Lankans Get ICC Umpire and Match Referee Appointments

Thursday 3rd February, 2011

2011 Cricket World Cup Chennai wall falls during rush for WCup tickets CHENNAI, India (AP) - A TNCA media coordinator Four Sri Lankans get ICC umpire wall adjacent to a ticket count- Dr. R.N. Baba told The er collapsed as people thronged Associated Press “the wall col- MA Chidambaram Stadium to lapse did not affect ticket sales, buy seats for upcoming World which went on smoothly.” Cup matches. Chennai will host four and match referee appointments The Press Trust of India matches during the 14-team reported two people sustaining tournament - New Zealand- The ICC on minor injuries, but the Tamil Kenya on Feb. 20, England- Wednesday Nadu Cricket Association, South Africa on March 6, announced umpire which is responsible for organ- England-West Indies on March and match referee izing matches at the venue, dis- 17, and India-West Indies on appointments for the missed the incident as March 20. warm-up and group “insignificant.” The event opens on Feb. 19. stage matches for the 2011 World Cup, which runs 19 February to 2 April in FIFA begins appeals Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. in corruption cases Steve Davis and ZURICH (AP) - FIFA has from undercover reporters who Kumar Dharmasena begun hearing appeals by five posed as lobbyists. will stand in the tour- officials suspended after allega- Temarii, a FIFA vice presi- nament opener tions of corruption during the dent from Tahiti, was cleared between Bangladesh 2018 and 2022 World Cup bid- of corruption but got a one- Asoka de Silva Ranjan Madugalle Roshan Mahanama and India in Dhaka Kumar Dharmasena ding races. year ban for breaking confiden- on 19 February. FIFA executive committee tiality rules. Billy Doctrove will be the third umpire, while Tests and 141 ODIs as on off-spinner for Sri Bruce Oxenford, Amish Saheba and Shahvir members Amos Adamu and Three former members of Ranjan Madugalle will be the match referee. Lanka from 1993 to 2004, has officiated in 19 Tarapore. Reynald Temarii were barred FIFA’s ruling panel - Slim The 58-year-old Davis has umpired in 95 ODIs. The match referees for the event, besides from the December vote by the Aloulou, Amadou Diakite and ODIs. If all goes according to plan, on 9 March in Besides Davis and Dharmasena, others who Madugalle, are Chris Broad, Jeff Crowe, Roshan governing body’s ethics com- Ahongalu Fusimalohi - are New Delhi he will become the 14th umpire to will share the on-field responsibilities include Mahanama and Andy Pycroft. mittee. appealing bans of up to three complete a century of ODIs when he will offici- Aleem Dar, Marais Erasmus, Ian Gould, Daryl Appointments for the knock-out matches will Nigerian Adamu is chal- years. ate in the India-Netherlands match. Harper, Tony Hill, Asoka de Silva, Simon Taufel, be announced in due course. lenging a three-year ban from Hearings are scheduled The 39-year-old Dharmasena, who played 31 Rod Tucker, Richard Kettleborough, Nigel Llong, (www.cricket365.com) football duty for seeking bribes over two days. Australia beat England by 2 wickets

SYDNEY (AP) - Michael Clarke smashed 82 runs off 70 balls as Australia chased down England's highest score on Australian soil to win a thrilling sixth one-day interna- tional by two wickets. Michael Clarke was run out in the second-to-last over to leave Australia requiring 8 runs from 8 balls. After Australia entered the final over need- At the last ICC World ing 6 from 6, John Hastings guided a Cup, Bangladesh recorded a few upset wins. Their first Chris Woakes delivery to the bound- round win over India sent ary to bring up the winning score of one of the pre-tournament 334-8 with four balls to spare. favourites crashing out of Earlier, England looked to have the competition. They pro- the upper hand after Jonathan Trott gressed to the second ignored leg cramps to make 137 off round where they created another upset by beating 126 deliveries in imposing 333-6 total. South Africa. But the Australians made a confi- Bangladesh have played the dent start to their chase, with Shane last three World Cups and their upset Watson and Mitchell Johnson making win over 1999 finalists Pakistan went a Cups. half centuries, while Callum long way in pushing their case for ICC Abdur Razak Ferguson scored 46 off 44 balls. Full Membership. with 13 wickets is Of the three co-hosts in the tourna- the highest wicket ment, only Bangladesh play all their taker for Brief Scores: group matches at home. India play the Bangladesh. England 333-6 in 50 overs (J. Trott curtain-raiser in Bangladesh, while Sri Bangladesh have Australia's Michael Clarke acknowl- Lanka play a group game in Bombay never reached the 137, A. Strauss 63, I. Bell 45; Tait 2-60) edges the crowd after making 50 runs against New Zealand. semi-final stage of the Australia 334-8 in 49.2 overs (M. against England during their sixth one India, South Africa, West Indies and World Cup. Talhar Clarke 82, M. Johnson 57, S. Watson day international cricket match in England are the four strong contenders to Jubair who played the progress to the quarter-finals from Group 2003 tournament at 51; Finn 2-51) Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/John Donegan) ‘B’ but if Shakib Al Hasan’s side is able the age of 17 is the to beat one of these teams and provided youngest crick- they themselves don’t lose to Ireland and eter to play a Netherlands, they could qualify for the World Cup. quarter-finals. And if they do, the knock- out match could be again played in home ‘Let’s Keep Cricket Clean’ soil, provided if they avoid India or Sri Bangladesh World Cup Fixtures: Lanka. Feb 19 Bangladesh v India, Mirpur Weakness Feb 25 Bangladesh v Ireland, Mirpur Despite the team recording ODI victo- Mar 4 Bangladesh v West Indies, Mirpur ries against all ICC Full members, consis- tency has been an issue that has been Mar 11 Bangladesh v England, Chittagong worrying Bangladesh cricket. The Mar 14 Bangladesh v Netherlands, Chittagong absence of Mashrafe Morataza, their Mar 19 Bangladesh v South Africa, Mirpur experienced fast bowler who sustained a knee injury ahead of the tournament is a No Bangladeshi has made a World Cup huge blow for them. century and Mohammad Ashraful’s 87 Apart from one or two players, the rest remains the highest World Cups’ score of the Bangladeshi squad have failed to for them. raise their games in crucial tournaments, Records against Sri Lanka as made evident by the Champions Bangladesh have played two World Trophy and Asia Cup in the last two Cup games against Sri Lanka (in 2003 and years and if those estab- 2007) and have lost both. Overall lished names fail, it will be in ODIs, Bangladesh have another tough World Cup played 29 ODIs against Sri for them. Lanka and have won just two Records matches. Altogether, Bangladesh Bangladesh Squad: have played 20 World Cup Shakib Al Hasan (Captain), matches, but have won just Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, four. Left-arm spinner Junaid Siddique, Shahriar Mohammad Rafique has Nafees, Raqibul Hasan, made the most World Cup Mohammad Ashraful, Former World Cup winning Indian cricket captain Kapil Dev, left, holds a bat as appearances for Bangladesh Mushfiqur Rahim, Naeem Islam, having played in 17 games. Pakistan's Imran Khan, centre and Sri Lanka's Arjuna Ranatunga look on during a Mahmudullah, Abdur Razzak, Ashrfaful with 287 runs in function to announce a new marketing campaign, "Let's Keep Cricket Clean" Rubel Hossain, Shafiul Islam, 14 games has made the most ahead of the upcoming World Cup in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. Nazmul Hossain and Suhrawadi runs for them in World (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) Shuvo.

Thursday 3rd February, 2011